History Recap / BlakesSevenS1E13Orac

* SeasonFinale

* ThanksForTheMammary: Jan Chappell does this to Creator/SallyKnyvette (in the scene where Cally helps a sick Jenna to her cabin) and has to hastily reposition her hand.

* ThanksForTheMammary: Jan Chappell does this to Sally Knyvette (in the scene where Cally helps a sick Jenna to her cabin) and has to hastily reposition her hand.

* FilmingForEasyDub: Stephen Greif was out sick with a hand injury when it was time to shoot the studio scenes, [[FakeShemp so they had a stand-in]], only seen from below the neck or behind a tank of murky white liquid, then had Greif loop the dialogue later.

* ShoutOut: Creator/PaulDarrow was a fan of TheWestern, hence the "I was aiming for his head" line from ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960''.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Justified as they are implied to be normal corridors in a [[UnderCity city that has now sunk below the ocean]].

'''Gan''': "There must be some way of making him tell us when.\\

'''Orac''': The event is now even less distant.

* AccidentalAimingSkills: Avon saves Blake's life by shooting out Travis' [[ArmCannon gun hand]] from a considerable distance. When Blake compliments him on the shot, Avon bitterly replies that "I was aiming for his head". Rumour has it that this was an ad lib by Paul Darrow, who's rather fond of {{Western}}s and couldn't resist the ShoutOut.

* ShoutOut: Paul Darrow was a fan of TheWestern, hence the "I was aiming for his head" line from ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960''.

-->'''Blake''': "When's this supposed to happen?"
-->'''Orac''': "The event is not far distant".
-->'''Blake''': "How far distant?"
-->'''Gan''': "There must be some way of making him tell us when".
-->'''Avon''': "Be more precise".
-->'''Orac''': "The event is now even less distant".

-->'''Blake''': "Good shot, Avon".
-->'''Avon''': "I was aiming for his head".

-->'''Vila''': "I think I've heard enough. I don't like him. Orac, be a good junk heap - shut up".
-->'''Cally''': "I agree with Vila".
-->'''Orac''': "Define the words 'Shut up'".
-->'''Blake''': "Stop talking. Do not speak. Be silent".
-->'''Orac''': "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint That is better.]] Our relationship will be best served if your statements are free of ambiguity".

* NeverSplitTheParty: On arriving at a divided corridor, Cally asks if they should split up to search for Ensor, but Blake points out they'd likely end up searching for each other.
* MagicalSecurityCam: The flight log recap includes scenes from the previous episode that Zen could not have recorded.

* PlotHole: The reason Orac is so effective is that it can access the tarial cells which are a basic component of all computers in the Federation. This doesn't explain how it was able to control an alien-built computer like Zen, unless they use a similar component.

* SelfPlagiarism: Creator/TerryNation resues the heroes getting radiation posioning and the search for an antidote plot from ''Series/DoctorWho'''s "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]".
* SeasonFinale
* {{Seers}}: Orac can gather information and extrapolate from it, giving him the ability to predict the future.

* {{Seer}}: Orac can gather information and extrapolate from it, giving him the ability to predict the future.

-->'''Orac''': "That is better. Our relationship will be best served if your statements are free of ambiguity".

* {{Autodoc}}: With the Space Surgeon killed in the previous episode, Blake decides to take Ensor up to the Liberator where there's a fully equipped surgical unit ([[FridgeLogic without radiation drugs?]]) and [[MagicalComputer Orac can advise them how to do the operation]].

* FakeShemp: Stephen Greif is doubled in the interior shots, as he injured his Achilles tendon playing squash.
* FilmedForEasyDub: Stephen Greif was out sick with a hand injury when it was time to shoot the studio scenes, so they had a stand-in, only seen from below the neck or behind a tank of murky white liquid, then had Greif loop the dialogue later.

* ExplosionsInSpace: The explosion of the Spacemaster produces a cloud of smoke that [[SpecialEffectsFailure rises upwards]], despite being in a zero-gravity vacuum.